Harnessing data and frontier technologies for Africa’s economic transformation: forthcoming economic report calls for innovation-driven growth to accelerate structural transformation
Stories & Blogs ECAMar 09, 2026(Story )While Africa has achieved steady economic growth in recent years, much of this progress has been driven by factor accumulation, capital and labour, rather than sustained productivity gains
Powering tourism growth: ECA and São Tomé and Príncipe join forces to transform the sector with high-quality data
Stories & Blogs ECAFeb 18, 2026(Story )This strategic extension aims to cement national technical capacities for high-fidelity tourism data production.
Explore global investment data and changing trends.
Stories & Blogs UNCTADOct 07, 2025(News )The UNCTAD FDI Explorer shows tracks shifts in global investment flows. Users can explore data by region or economy and compare trends since 1990.
How data can unlock the travel trade for Eswatini.
Stories & Blogs ITCJun 10, 2025(News )Measuring travel in trade statistics is complex. Travel spending can include street food and hospital bills, which makes it hard to gather data.
Zimbabwe moves to streamline gender data reporting.
Stories & Blogs ECAJun 04, 2025(Story )Zimbabwe is overhauling how it tracks gender equality, following national consensus on a unified monitoring and reporting framework to fix fragmented systems, outdated data, inconsistent and unharmonized indicators for gender equality and women’s empowerm
New data tools enhance the development effectiveness of tourism investment.
Stories & Blogs World BankMay 08, 2025(Blog )A World Bank-Visa collaboration analyzes credit card spending to collect better data for sustainable tourism development
Quality statistics and sustainable funding critical for effective policymaking in Africa.
Stories & Blogs ECAMar 17, 2025(Story )Africa faces immense challenges in adequate and skilled human capital to produce quality statistics for evidence-based policymaking”. Tinfissi-Joseph Ilboudo, ACS
Robust statistical systems are key to economic development and social progress, says Outgoing Statistician Oliver Chinganya
Stories & Blogs ECANov 02, 2024(Story )Reliable data and statistics are necessary for informed decision-making if Africa is to achieve sustainable development, said Oliver Chinganya.
A Food Security Statistics Project is Enhancing Food Security Data across Africa
Stories & Blogs ECAOct 31, 2024(Story )Reliable food security statistics are essential for informed decisions on food access, quality, and affordability.
Embrace new technologies for digital collection methods for timely and relevant statistics – Ethiopia’s Deputy Prime Minister Temesgen Tiruneh
Stories & Blogs ECAOct 30, 2024(Story )Ethiopia’s Deputy Prime Minister, Temesgen Tiruneh has challenged African policy makers to build robust data and statistical systems that support development.